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DH & Enduro

Downhill (DH) & Enduro (EDR) Skills

This course is aimed at riders looking to hone their Downhill and Gravity riding skills. You may or may not be racing but the ‘Skills Essentials’ we pack into this course will give you the edge on the Downhill Trails.

From advance cornering techniques, line choice, finding and carrying speed, to jumps and drops, we can tailor your course to optimise your downhill skills and take them to the next level.

We use Video Analysis App Coaches Eye to ensure you get the most from your skills course. Giving you a deeper understanding of where you can work on the vulnerabilities in your riding. We’ll also send your video’s over to you via Dropbox after your course so you can watch them in your own time.

We also use the Freelap Timing System so you can hone your understanding of where those vitals thousandths of a section can be lost and found and give you the edge come race day. 

Every second counts? Well in our experience every thousandth of a second counts!

Firecrest Mountain Biking have worked with Mountain Bike Downhill and Enduro Racers of all ages and abilities improving their downhill race times and giving them the competitive edge come race day.

The racers we work with have seen their race results improve, made it to the podium, picked up big team sponsorships and for the fortunate few achieved their dreams and compete on the World Cup Downhill Circuit at Junior and Elite Level.

Putting it simply “if you want to race downhill or enduro be faster and move up the timesheets this is the course for you!”

Firecrest MTB’s Winning Approach

Whether you’re racing at the local, regional, Nationals or World Cup races, over the years we’ve worked with some of the the UK’s fastest Mountain Biker Racers. 

Our comprehensive Mountain Bike Race Courses utilise the best sections of Rushmere Country Park to develop your skills.

Taking the improvements we make with you in these ‘sections’ we’ll teach you how to optimise your skills and use the ‘section based’ approach to put together faster runs on even the longest of race tracks.

In fact many of the riders we’ve worked with over the years have had their best results in Fort William at the British Downhill Series and the Junior and Senior World Cups. Fort William is recognised as one of the longest toughest downhill tracks on the planet underlining the power of ‘The System’ and our approach.

We cover the following on your dh and enduro course

Why it’s important to get your Bike set up right with a focus on understanding:
  • Making the right tyre choice and running the correct tyre pressure.
  • Getting your suspension set up for you and why tuning your suspension to the trail will enable you to ride trails with more confidence.
  • Optimising brake lever set up to improve the way you ride and develop confidence on your bike.
  • The importance of how your Body Position, Footwork, Looking and Speed Control effect how you ride the trail.
  • The composition of the trail and the importance of why the Entry, Section and Exit and how trails are linked and layered are so important.
  • The importance of Energy Management (Pumping) by introducing you to how you can make the bike work with you and gain free energy and speed from the trail (yes even on an E-MTB).
  • The importance of ‘performance cues’ and how to ensure they don’t effect how you ride.
  • An introduction to the psychology of mountain biking. Including the importance of focusing on the right things at the right time and taking control of your mental game.
  • Descending
  • Technical Steep Sections
  • Cornering
  • Roots
  • Jumps
  • Drops
  • Adverse camber
  • Pumping (Energy Management)
  • Video Analysis using Coaches Eye with Dropbox Video Sharing.
  • Race Course – ‘The Champion Mindset’ understanding the psychology of a champion.
  • Race Course – Race Set Up – Maximising the set-up of your bike and equipment
  • Race Course – Race Craft including Warm Up and Race Starts
  • Race Course – Understanding the ‘Golden Thread’ reading the trail and finding the fastest line.
  • Race Course – Section Timing using the Freelap Digital Timing System – See your times improve and understand the effect of ‘Time Perception’.

Course Duration and Pricing

We have a simple pricing structure for our 1-2-1 Courses: –

1-2-1 – 3 hours MTB Skills Coaching – £150.00Special Offer only £125.00

Dates and Times – You have the choice of a three hour course from 9:30am to 12.30pm or 1.30pm  – 4.30pm 7 days a week (subject to availability). 

Booking a course is easy. Click Here>>> which will take you to our Timetable of courses. From there choose the date that you’d like to book your course.

You’ll book the course as a one-to-one session and then we can tailor it to cover the skills that you would like to work on.

We can cover everything from  for Downhill and Enduro riders focussing on corners, technical descents, jumps and drops etc tailoring the coaching to your riding level and ability.

If you’d like to add more participants that’s great, please contact us when you book and they can easily be added when we confirm your course. You can add up to 5 people at £25.00pp on a 3hr course.

Alternatively if you are looking to book a group course for 6+ participants contact us and we’ll be in touch to tailor a course to your group.